If you currently looked in my handbag you would find…

Seriously my bag is in desperate need of a cleanout… at the moment there are some rediculous things hiding in there… below is an attempt to describe the state of my bag…

iPhone - Essential
iPod - this is my old classic and you wonder why this also is in my bag well my phone doesn’t charge in my car and so I have my old classic for car listening purposes…
Wallet 1 - This is my new wallet… however its slimline and doesn’t actually fit everything (who buys these sorts of wallets anyway)
Wallet 2 - my old wallet to hold half the stuff that my new wallet cant!
Headbands x2 - like actual headbands how theres room who knows?
Crocodile clips x4 - ???
Reading Glasses case - where the glasses actually are?
Sun Glasses x2 pairs - why I carry 2?
Broken Sun Glasses x1 pair - theyre still in there
Broken Sun Glass arm - from a different broken sun glass pair - don’t ask!
Various Pens - most probablly stolen
At least 6 lip treatments - gloss, sticks, balm and ointment!
Drugs - neurofin, iron tablets, and strepsils (wtf I havent used them since winter)
My warrant notice - which was expired like a week ago!
Face Makeup Primer - Ahhh that’s where it is
Headphones x2 - pairs of broken and half broken

Bobby pins - An endless supply of

Keys - which always get lost at the bottom
Tampons - loitering at the bottom!
An Ipod to sterio cable - I always carry this baby!
An Ipod to Usb cable - also essential
Hair ties - Several stray
Resene paint pottle - filled with mosturiser
Some MicremeH - for dry skin
Several Stray Buy 10 get one free cards - Coffee, Sushi, Ice Cream, Cake, more coffee, books, dvd's
Not to mention a gazillion eftpos, parking, taxi and foodtown reciepts

books books books

So i decided I was going to read some more this year... finish off some of the started and attempt some of the unkown...

Here is my list to attempt...

Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck

On The Road, Jack Kerouac
Animal Farm, George Orwell

Catch-22, Joseph Heller

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald

A Churchless Faith, Alan Jaimeson

The Great Emergence, Phyllis Tickle

Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright

Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Rob Bell

Confessions of St Augustine, Augustine

I took this picture in attempt to capture the beauty of life...

The Power is Yours!

The next on my list of blogging topics is My Favourite Super Hero and Why!


I think my favourite superhero would have to be captain planet! Apart from being ridiculously ridiculous… he is AMAZING! The song - WOW that was an inspiration! I loved how the planeteers collaborated to conjure him up. "EARTH! FIRE! WIND! WATER! HEART!"

And the fact that HEART was one of the key contributors to his success! The 5th Element some may say!

"Go Planet!" "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!"

Captain Planet, he's our hero

Gonna take pollution down to zero

He's our powers magnified

And he's fighting on the planet's side

Captain Planet, he's our hero

Gonna take pollution down to zero

Gonna help him put asunder

Bad guys who like to loot and plunder

"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"

We're the Planeteers You can be one too

'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do!

Looting and polluting is not the way

Hear what Captain Planet has to say!

"The Power is Yours!"

04: A habit that you wish you didn’t have

So this was super easy... i do a lot of things that i wish i didn't but i still do them... and then i thought i dont want to admit to most of those things...

but i think a habit that i really really wish i didn't have was 'new favourite song' syndrome.

To have this syndrome you must change your favourite song at least more than once a week... and it cant just be a nice song or cool song but it has to exist as your FAVOURITE (optional to add 'ALL TIME' in here where appropriate)

My family think this is hilarious and i do cut a lot of slack for this bad habit... but hey keep it fresh I say! Nothing is final!

My favourite song right at this moment is Sad with what I have by Rufus Wainwright but hey it may change tomorrow!

What is your favourite song right now?

03: A picture of you and your friends

These are the 2 members of my crew! Were the 3 Musketeers! And they are my life!

02: The meaning behind your Blog name

Im so awesome I did this 6 months ago...

NEW JOB YAY!

So I have so very exciting news... I have a new job and working as part of local government means I have an AWESOME new title... Meet Roxanne Haines - "Programme Specialist Event Sponsorship, Tourism Events and Economic Devlopment , Auckland Council Controlled Organisation"! whew!

So basically thought i'd give a brief overview of my awesome new job...

Basically Events are core business for the Tourism Events and Economic Devlopment (TEED) part of Council, and are a critical part of any international city.
In order to ensure Auckland has a fresh, attractive and relevant events programme to enjoy, TEED sponsors specific third party events with the aim of securing them (and their economic and social returns) in Auckland long-term, to generate reputational returns for TEED and the region, as well as buying the right to influence the quality and variety of events hosted within the city.
The primary purpose of this role is to leverage an assigned portfolio of sponsored events, generating maximum benefits for Auckland residents, ratepayers, and for TEED.

Part of my role will oversee the evaluation of sponsorship proposals, researching and identifying potential events to sponsor that address gaps or key objectives, supporting the negotiation of sponsorship contracts and the exciting bit… working on the development of innovative leverage campaigns that will enhance the image of the city nationally and internationally.

Some of the current events we sponsor are...
Bledisloe Cup
NZ Fashion Week
Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park
Comedy FestivalLouis Vuitton World Series
Mission Bay Jazz & Blues
ASB Classic / Heineken Open
Auckland International Film Festival
New Zealand Music Awards
Auckland Cup Week
Auckland Festival

So there you have it!

Day 01: A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

So I decided to take up a wee blogging challenge - I know its kinda dumb and cheesy but I needed a wee writing challenge… Here goes...

Day 01: A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself (Lets make it 5)
My Facts in no particular order
Fact 1: I sleep walk… not just some casual getting up and walking but I go on huge escapades. One time I even had a 4am shower and the only way I realised I had one the next day was that I woke up with wet hair!
Fact 2: I don’t like eggs… everything about them makes me vomit! (ooo except when they are chocolate)
Fact 3: When I was young I swallowed a coin… not just a casual 10c piece but one of the old 20's which are way huge!
Fact 4: I have broken both my legs… seperatley but in very rediculous ways. Bouncy Castles are soft and bouncy.
Fact 5: I was Born in the mighty Pacific on the small island of Niue.. and then migrating to Brunei at the young age of 5 I have spent half my life living on foreign Islands…

Jesus for the non-religious by john shelby spong

Instances in the New Testament make it clear that the meaning of Jesus on earth he empowered others to lay down their survival barriers, to step beyond tribe, language, fear-imposed levels of our security. We are called to step into a humanity that opens to all people the meaning of life and the meaning of God. This was Gods gift in sending Jesus.
The Gospels do not convey a message of rescuing sinners, saving the lost or patching up our insecurities. They call those who met Jesus to translate the full humanity they met in him into a new and inclusive life for themselves. To risk stepping outside defences, beyond fears and insecurities and to embrace a way not known before what it means to be human.

Jesus’ full humanity invited us in to this.